Snack

Bold and Spicy Pickles

Level:
Easy

Total Time:
1 hour

Yield:
6 jars

This recipe was adapted from Extreme Food Reviews video for How to Make Spicy Pickles so make sure to go over to his channel and show him some love. I dialed down the spiciness a bit, and the result was a perfectly balanced sliced pickle. They’ll keep in the fridge for up to 2 months if you don’t process can them.

Bold and Spicy Pickels

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Prep Time30

Cook Time30

Total Time1

Servings: 4 jars

This recipe was adapted off of Extreme Food Reviews video for How to Make Spicy Pickles It makes enough for about 4 quart jars, which can be process canned to preserve, or if not they'll keep for a couple of months in the fridge.

Ingredients

12 Pickling cucumbers sliced 1/2 to 1/4 inch thick
9 Habaneros sliced in half (see notes)
8 cloves Garlic peeled and rough chopped
6 cups Water
6 cups Apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup White sugar
8 teaspoons Coriander seed separated into 2 teaspoon increments
8 teaspoons Whole peppercorns separated into 2 teaspoon increments
8 teaspoons Dill seed separated into 2 teaspoon increments
8 Tablespoons Kosher salt
8 Tablespoons Whole grain garlic mustard

Instructions

In a large pot over medium high heat, add the water, vinegar, sugar, salt. and mustard to a boil. Lower the heat to low and keep simmering.
In 4 separate sterilized jars add sliced cucumbers till about 1 inch of headroom. Pack the cucumbers down using the back end of a serving spoon.
Add the coriander, peppercorn, dill seed, peppers, and garlic to each jar.
Using a sterilized funnel, pour the brine liquid into each jar till about 1 inch of head room remains. Screw the tops onto the jars.
Add the jars to your canner and process according to directions with your canner.
Carefully remove the jars using jar tongs to a towel and allow to cool before putting in storage.

Notes

The only whole grain mustard I could find at the store had garlic which worked out fine for us, but you can use plain whole grain mustard if you want.
The original recipe calls for 3 habaneros and 6 Thai chilies to each jar which would have been wayyy too much spice for us so we decreased that number.
The video has you adding the spices to the pot and cooking it, but since I was making multiple jars I added them to each jar.